Braiding-machine.



W. KELLNER.

` BRAIDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-26. 1914.

1,206,228. Patented Nov. 28,1916.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER KELLNER, 0F BARMEN-WECELINGHAUSEN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO CARL F.

- A 'EILSTROM ANI) OTTO J. .AHLSTROM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

naarmate-MACHINE.

1,206,228. Originalv application led August 9, 1312,

' TooZZ whom t may concern.'

Be vit known that I, WALTER KELLNER, a

mg at Barmen-Wechlinghausen, Wiescherstrasse, Rhenish Prussia, Germany,have innv .vented new and. useful Improvements in `Braiding-lvlachines,of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to braiding machines and theapplication 'on whichthis patent is granted was a division of -my co pending application forlimprovements-'in braiding machines, Serial No. l714,190 now.

Patent No. 1,193,554, Aug. 8, 1916. The invention relates particularlyto novel means for temporarily locking a carrier at the sta-ySpecioation of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 714,190. Divided and this application 1914. Serial No.858,643.

subject of the Emperor of Germany, residtions or stopping vplaces'wheretheir braiding movement 1s arrested.

A principal object of the invention is to provide improved means forenabling the ,carriers to be held temporarily out of the path of traveland forprojecting them, when desired,'back again into'the path of travelv so that their braiding` movement will proceed. rIhe arrest of themovements of the l carriers at the stations, and their release iscontrolled by a pattern mechanism.

Ageneral object ot the invention is to provide a very simplemechanism-for the purpose set orth. A

Further objects of the invention will appear more clearly hereinafter.

In the drawing which fully illustrates the preferred vembodiment of myinvention: Figure 1 is a vertical section taken at one ofthe stationsand illustrating onel of my devices, contiguous parts of the mechanismbeing shown associated with my device. Fig.

2 is a plan view showing the arrangement of thetrack or. path that thecarriers take,l

. and'indicating its relation to one of my de-l vices. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation and partial section of my device. Fig. 4 is an end ele-1vation of'my device looking from the rear,

that is from the side remote from the, path.

of the carrier, Fig. 5 is a plan,. o'the upper portion of the deviceshowing certain contiguous parts, other parts of the mechanism beingomitted.

Refermng more particularly to the parts,

Patented Nov. 28, 1,916.

necting the two plates serving as the axes about which the drivers Jformoving the spindles 5 of the carriers and their gearing revolve.4Thedrivers and the gearing being ait-. august as, Y

well known, are omitted from the drawing. 'l

At the intersections of the guide tracks 4 are stations 6 where'thecarriers diseugage from the drivers, pause, and are arrested'incutting'away the plate 1 at each intersection of. the tracks 4 and onopposite sides thereof. Opposite each station is a switch 4a of andlater to release it and return it into its their travel. These stationsare .formed byV invention, I prefer to path of travel, when desired. Forthis pur! pose, -I prefer to provide aroc-king lever 8 preferablyprovided with an upwardljT` extending arin 9 which is preferably ofround form, and' on this arm there is adjustably mounted a lockingmember 10 preferably inv the form of an elongated-plate the forward endof which projects out to a point near the path of travel of the carrier,said plate 1,0 being mounted rigidly on a collar 10a which is adjustableon the arm vby 'suitable means such as set screw 10b.

.In the upper end of the bracket 7 VI provide another movable member 11which is preferably in the form of a slide which is guided to slidehorizontally toward and awayfrom the path of the carrier; this slideconstitutes an ejector one of the functions of which is to return thecarrier to'its normal path of tra-vel when it is released, I prefer toconstruct this ejector however, so that it coperateswith thelocking'member to hold the carrier in the position indicated in Figs.

1 and 2, for this purpose,Y the projecting end.

of the ejector is preferably provided with inclinedl guidefaces 12 anda'centrally disi posed edge preferably having rudimentary notch or seat13". Coperating with this seat 13 I prefer tol form a slight notclrorseat.

' 14 `by. providing a raised portion 15 on the 1 indicates the top plateofthe braiding ma-v chine in which the intersecting guide tracks 4 areformed. A short distance. below .the

top plate is the under plate 2, Sinonupper face of the locking member10, and

this raised portion 15 is preferably formed with inclined guide faces16. The guiding faces 12 and`16 are arranged so that when the carriercomes between them they lwill may be actuated by the pattern at any abletime, by means of a link 22,

guide it intofposition between the 13 and'14 which Will then hold thecarrier until it is released.

I prefer to provide resilient means which will hold the ejector andloeiring member in their retracted position with these irtssubstantially in parallelism and in .resnsen to hold the carrierl out efreach of the travels of the machine. This preferably aecomplished bymeans of' spring l? the upper end of which is attached te the tail orend ef. the locking member 1G, the r end afer por f'lhe operation oflthis device is substantially the same 'as the device set forth in theapplication Serial Number 714,190.` jifeatures of the described. 4

As a` carrier approaches a 'statioln it is directed out of its regularpath of travel in the braidingmovement and comes into contact.with oneof the guiding faces 16 and mode of operation Will now be thecorrespondingguiding `face 12, and these faces guide the carrier intoposition between the seats or rudimentary notches 13 and lll,

at which point themovement of the carrier is arrested. As illustratedmost clearly in Figs. 3 and 5, there is a slight amount of lost motionor play of the arm 9 in the slot 19. This permits a slight independent`movement of the locking member 10 which is sueient to enable thecarrier to come into the position in which it is illustrated in Fig. 1.AtA the proper moment, which is determined by the particular pattern ofthe braid, the link 22 is pulled down se as to rock the vertical arm 9forward; this depresses the locking member l0 which engages the outerside of the carrier and ren leases the car der, and at the same time thearm 9 .ses an outward movement 'of the slide or ejector ll. which pushesthe carrier outwardly and returns it to its regular path of .movement inthe braiding mechanism.

is understood that the embodiment of the invention described, above isonly one of the many forms or embodiments that the invention may take,and l do not Wish to be limited in the practice of the invention, nor

in my claims to the particular embodiment clined guiding faces opposedto the guiding fases on said locrlng member, the guiding fases of thelocking member and ejector designed to engage and hold the earrier, andmeans yieldingly holding the locking member and ejector in retractedposition with the carrier' out ef reach of the drivers of said machine.

2. ln a braiding `machine in combination, a carrier movable along atrack and adapt-ed to stop at determined stations therein out of thepath of travel, an upwardly extending rocker arm, an adjust-'ablelocking member having means for engaging one side of carrier en saidarm, an ejector adapted to engage the side thereof opposite to the sideengaged by the locking member, thev said ejector ybeing engaged by theupper end of said rocker arm, means yieldingly holding the lockingmember and ejector vin retracted position with the carrier out of reachof the drivers of said machine, and means for actuating said rocking armto cause the substantial simultaneous canting of the locking member forthe release of the carrier and to cause rectilinear movement of .theejector te return the .carrier to the path of travel.

ln testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

fitnesses HELEN Nunen, ALBERT NUFER.

